Poetry Essay Examples Page 78

Do you agree? You should base your answer on a detailed examination of two of the following: ‘Senex’; ‘Indoor Games near Newbury’; and an appropriate poem of your choice. Perhaps it is true to say that the poem Indoor Games near Newbury depicts the painting of an unfilled longing for youth. The poem does indeed reveal almost…

Question 7 Choose a poet whose work you enjoy. Referring closely to one or more of his poems, explain how the techniques he uses make his poems enjoyable. The poet I’ve chosen is Norman MacCaig. The poem “Brooklyn Cop” written by Norman MacCaig, I found extremely interesting as Norman MacCaig used very descriptive language such as…

Throughout this novel lowly boot-maker Willie Mossop grows and matures before the readers eyes. This is brought on by a newfound confidence brought out by Maggie. Maggie is the integral factor in Willies sudden change. The audience first perceives Willie as a man of great handiwork with no ambition that commands very little stage presence,…

“The Mother” by George Mackay Brown although a fairly short poem manages to in seven short stanzas creates a very concise affectionate portrait of the poet’s own mother. A number of things make this poem as effective as it is but a large portion of that magic captured in the poem comes from effective word…

A poem in which the narrator’s feelings are uncovered is “Visiting Hour” by Norman MacCaig. The narrator is visiting a dying friend or relative in hospital, and tries to evade his emotions on his way to the ward. When he arrives, he is overcome by grief and anguish, and leaves the visit feeling it has been…

What does the inspector want to teach the Birlings and Gerald Croft in ‘An Inspector Calls’? J.B. Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ in 1945 although it was set in 1912, two years before the 1st World War when society was still judged in groups of social classes. J.B Priestley intended to show people that all groups…

The mood in Act 1 of the play undergoes a significant change. Priestley uses different techniques throughout the play to build up suspense and tension and the end of the act catches up the audience in the tense atmosphere Priestley has created. In the beginning of Act 1 the mood in the Birling household is jolly…

Before World Wars 1,2 there was no NHS or social security, society’s views on responsibility and rights were very different. The upper and middle classes, who had all the power, thought that everyman had to look after himself and maybe his family and no one else: `A man has to make his own way, has to…

An Inspector Calls written in 1944 by J B Priestley based in 1912, was largely influential play, mainly due to the problems and thoughts of society, which were brought up within the play, and projected through the thoughts and speech of the characters. Throughout the whole play each character develops and matures in their own way,…

This is an essay about “An Inspector calls” by John Boynton Priestly. I shall be particularly looking into the Inspector’s character but I shall also talk about the author and the setting of the play. John Boynton Priestly was born in Bradford in 1894. He served in the infantry in the Great War where he suffered…